Reaiming My Satellite Dish On My Roof Without A Meter

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Reaiming my satellite dish on my roof without a meter.

Satellite dish installers almost automatically go for the roof to guarantee the satellite isn t obstructed. How to fix satellite dish without a meter step 1 choose a position to install your dish antenna and do the physical antenna installation. Look near the end of the satellite dish s lnb arm the lnb is the eye on the end of the dish. This is the left and right or east and west azimuth adjustment.

In order to remove the cables without causing damage you ll need a small to medium sized phillips head screwdriver and a 7 16 open ended wrench. Determining azimuth and elevation. If you ve purchased a directv multi satellite system we highly recommend professional installation. Loosen them then pull off the lnb.

The elevation angle which is up and down and the skew adjustment this is angle that the lnb itself is fixed into the lnb holder. Or you can do it the hard way as you ve said. Mount the under eave mount using 4 6 lag bolts depending on the mount add the dish to the mount tune the dish. Elevation concerns the up and down positioning of your dish.

Best locations include the roof or one end of the wall where nothing will obstruct it. Fill in your trench and compresd dirt evenly to look natural. You ll see one or two small phillips head screws. To get a satellite dish aligned correctly you must maximise the signal on three plains.

Mount dish on pole tune dish zip tie where needed. To aim your dish you ll need to know your azimuth and elevation coordinates. The pole gives the dish more height without it needing to be on the roof. Azimuth east west adjustment.